coper

cope ¹  (kp)

intr.v. coped, cop·ing, copes

1. To contend or strive, especially on even terms or with success: coping with child rearing and a full-time job.

2. To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them: "Facing unprecedented problems, the Federal Reserve of the early 1930s couldn't cope" (Robert J. Samuelson).

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[Middle English copen, coupen, to strike, from Old French couper, from Vulgar Latin *colpre, from Late Latin colpus, blow; see coup.]

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coper n.

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cope ²  (kp)

n.

1. A long ecclesiastical vestment worn over an alb or surplice.

2. A covering resembling a cloak or mantle.

3. A coping.

tr.v. coped, cop·ing, copes

1. To cover or dress in a cope.

2. To provide with coping: cope a wall.

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[Middle English cope, from Old English -cp, from Medieval Latin cpa, cloak, from Late Latin cappa.]

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coper [ˈkəʊpə]

n

(Business / Commerce) a horse-dealer

[C17 (a dealer, chapman): from dialect cope to buy, barter, from Low German; related to Dutch koopen to buy]